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bRv00

Posted 04 June 2005 - 07:30 AM

sound card got delivered last night .... plugged it in and monitor stayed on standby mode ... re-inserted old Radeon 9000 Series card and monitor worked . upgraded BIOS , uninstalled old Display Adapters ... new card still wouldnt work ..

changed setting think it was BOOT INIT , in BIOS from PCI to AGP restarted ... still didnt work , tried resetting CMOS .. still didnt work ....

anyway noticed that my 400W PSU only supplies 12A when +12V ... decided that must be the problem reckon I needed atleast a 20A for graph card to work .... so bought a 550W PSU with a 20A supply on +12V . connected it up and started it ... machine switches on but then powers off straight away . doesn't even get to POST . If i put old PSU in it powers on fine.

bRv00

Posted 04 June 2005 - 10:36 AM

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okay , new power supply works .... new graphics card doesn't ...

still just seems to stay in standby mode....

one thing i did notice though , that i never noticed last night cos i was tired [bleep] ... is that if the monitor isnt connected to anything ... but is powered ... it says *NO Input Signal* .... if the monitor is plugged into old graphics card .... it has a signal .... if I plug the monitor into the DVI-Analogue adapter ... that's when it goes into the standby mode .... so i'm guessing my monitor doesn't support it ?????

on second thoughts ... it doesn't even POST ... gonna get intouch with store that provided it and see if i can get a) a refund or b) a replacement